This is Why Soccer Needs Video Review

With this blatant handball, France goes to the World Cup and Ireland stays home.

FIFA has resisted video reviews in soccer for many years now, arguing that such reviews would break up the continuity and flow of the matches. Apparently, FIFA also feels that it is more important to ensure that the flow of the game is not interrupted than it is to determine the legitimate winner of the match.

It would have been possible for France to advance even without this handball. Before this illegal goal, the two-match series was tied at 1-1. The game would have gone to penalty kicks and France could have legitimately won.

France will not make it far in the World Cup; despite a phenomenal depth of talent, they are poorly coached. Their success in the 2006 World Cup can be attributed to Zinedine Zidane's master-class on 'how to carry your team to a World Cup Final.'

Shame on you FIFA.

[edit: here is a still picture of the handball]